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Posting Open Date: Sept. 26, 2024

Anticipated Posting Close Date*: Oct. 6, 2024

*Job posting may close early due to the volume of applicants.

Staff Software Engineer - Monetization Engineering 

As a Staff Engineer, you’ll be a key part of the Monetization Engineering team, which helps our customers visualize billing usage & cost, and draw valuable insights from the large amount of billing data within the Fastly platform. Using data transformation and visualization, you’ll work on a collaborative, multi-functional team that includes product designers, product managers, backend engineers, and other UI engineers working together to deliver usable, maintainable, and accessible user interfaces. You'll work across functions to design and create tools and systems that improve visibility and access to handle Fastly’s rapidly-growing family of products.

What You’ll Do

• Design, develop, maintain, and test broad systems & tools as part of the Billing Platform
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and customers to develop UI experiences that are used at scale
• Design systems that allow internal teams from across the organization to get the data they need to operate with a focus on stability, performance & scalability.
• Build tested, maintainable, and usable UI components in our growing UI component library
• Collaborate with backend engineers and systems (we use Go), including participating in code reviews
• Build a solid architectural foundation for a growing Monetization Platform
• Mentor peers and guide UI architecture and practices within and across teams
• Lead and participate in the building, deployment, and maintenance of the software systems that collect, transport, and make data available to the Fastly organization
• Make your support available to your team when and where they need it — a time zone compatible with the continental US, where your team will be, is a must for this role
• Participate in an on-call rotation

What We're Looking For

• 5+ years developing and maintaining robust user experiences using JavaScript, CSS, and HTML
• Experience building & testing production applications with React or other JavaScript frameworks
• Experience surfacing and advocating for customer needs
• A strong understanding of web performance and accessibility
• Experience collaborating across groups and functions, including Product and design teams
• Experience delivering business-impacting software that meets the needs of these disparate groups 
• An understanding of the tradeoffs and challenges involved in building, operating and maintaining scalable and reliable data pipelines
• Experience mentoring, guiding, and coaching team members
• Ability to learn new skills and share what you’ve learned with the broader team

We’ll be super impressed if you have experience in any of these:

• Data visualization experience in D3 or other open-source tools
• Experience with developing & maintaining design systems & React component libraries
• Experience working with distributed development teams
• Experience with thoughtful code review to up level more junior developers in a hybrid environment
• Previous experience working at Fastly

Work Hours: 

• This position will require you to be available during core business hours, and nights and weekends as needed to support the on-call rotation. 

Work Location & Travel Requirements: 

This position is a remote role and open to candidates residing in the United States only.

This position may require travel as required by your role or requested by your manager.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Salary:

The estimated salary range for this position is $195,720 - $244,645

Starting salary may vary based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as experience, skills, qualifications, and location.

This role may be eligible to participate in Fastly’s equity and discretionary bonus programs.

Benefits: 

We care about you. Fastly works hard to create a positive environment for our employees, and we think your life outside of work is important too. We support our teams with great benefits that start on the first day of your employment with Fastly. Curious about our offerings? 

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance. Family planning, mental health support along with Employee Assistance Program, Insurance (Life, Disability, and Accident), a Flexible Vacation policy and up to 18 days of accrued paid sick leave are there to help support our employees. We also offer 401(k) (including company match) and an Employee Stock Purchase Program. For 2024, we offer 10 paid local holidays, 11 paid company wellness days.

Why Fastly?

• We have a huge impact. Fastly is a small company with a big reach. Not only do our customers have a tremendous user base, but we also support a growing number of open source projects and initiatives. Outside of code, employees are encouraged to share causes close to their heart with others so we can help lend a supportive hand.

• We love distributed teams. Fastly’s home-base is in San Francisco, but we have multiple offices and employees sprinkled around the globe. As a new hire, you will be able to attend our IN-PERSON new hire orientation in our San Francisco office! It is an exciting week-long experience that we offer to new employees to build connections with colleagues across Fastly, participate in hands-on learning opportunities, and immerse yourself in our culture firsthand. 

• We value diversity. Growing and maintaining our inclusive and diverse team matters to us. We are committed to being a company where our employees feel comfortable bringing their authentic selves to work and have the ability to be successful -- every day.

• We are passionate. Fastly is chock full of passionate people and we’re not ‘one size fits all’. Fastly employs authors, pilots, skiers, parents (of humans and animals), makeup geeks, coffee connoisseurs, and more. We love employees for who they are and what they are passionate about.

We’re always looking for humble, sharp, and creative folks to join the Fastly team. If you think you might be a fit please apply! A fully completed application and resume or CV are required when applying.

Fastly is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity and to providing employees with a safe and welcoming work environment free of discrimination and harassment. Our employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, family or parental status, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.

Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and federal or state disability laws, Fastly will provide reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact your Recruiter, or the Fastly Employee Relations team at candidateaccommodations@fastly.com or 501-287-4901. 

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